Join Date: May 1998
Location: Highland PArk,IL,USA -- AA Lifetime Platinum, IHG Plat, UA Silver, Hilton Gold, Radisson Gold, Marriott Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 2,367
My wife and daughter are doing a RTW using NW miles this summer. 140,000 each.
It took a couple of hours to make this happen and I changed flights after the original booking; being platinum this was free.
ORD-AMS (staying night but since leaving within 24 hours does not count as a stop.
AMS-CDG (AF)
CDG-FCO (Alitalia)
FCO-ATH (Alitalia)
ATH-NRT (KLM) - Aeroflot was also an option
Staying night
NRT-PEK (NW)
PEK-HNL (NW)
HNL-ORD
THey are going to be gone for one month. Any SKyteam, except Korean during th summer. Korean does not allow for mileage during the summer.
Three stops on any continent
Six stops total
Always go same direction
24 hours stopovers does not effect the E-W or W-E part of rules
IF Aeroflot was used a paper ticket would kick in; in this case all electronic
In my opinion this is a great use of 140,000 miles.
I chose East direction so the wind would be at their backs to allow for a little less flight time. I also upgraded my World Perks membership to include spouse. They pro-rate the 130 fee to ensure the spouse on ends at the same time as mine.